408 Quotes by meryl streep

I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.

Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.

It's hard to negotiate the present landscape with a brain and a female body

What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the protagonist. I feel what that guy is feeling. You know, if it's Tom Cruise leaping over a building - I want to make it, you know? And I'm going to - yes, I made it. And yeah, so I get that.

She [Barbra Streisand] was just - we can't know what we mean to each other. You know, artists, you can't know - you can't know that, but she was really important.

I've been making a lot of pasta. It's easy. There are unusual tastes that you can combine. I cook because my kids like a certain kind of thing and then they want it over and over.

Acting is my way of investigating human nature and having fun at the same time

Expensive clothes are a waste of money.

Women are the last group anyone cares about in Hollywood.